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AMERICA 


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CHARLES  DANA  BURRAGE 


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Young's     Hotel,     Boston 
APRIL  I,  1922 


PROEM 


In  1921  the  Club  issued  a  quite  full  account  of  its  activities 
in  a  volume  entitled  "Twenty  years  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club 
of  America. ' '  This  book  was  placed  in  some  125  college  and  pub- 
lic libraries  of  the  United  States.  As  it  is  unlikely  that  any  furth- 
er large  volumes  will  be  called  for,  the  Club  officers  propose  to  ex- 
ercise their  privilege  of  issuing,  from  time  to  time,  when  so  in- 
clined and  the  occasion  seems  to  require  it,  separate  unconnected 
brochures,  similar  to  this. 

This  affords  a  simple  method  for  preserving  literary  papers, 
poems  and  attractive  artistic  efforts  that  may  be  furnished  by  mem- 
bers at  Club  sessions.  Founded  upon  congeniality  and  common 
interest  in  Omar,  the  Club  thrives  through  the  years,  its  full  blown 
rose  of  blood  hue  in  the  ancient  Persian  vase  never  lacking  at  its 
meetings. 


TO  OMAR  KHAYYAM 


The  varying  seasons  come  and  go  again — 
Snow,  blossoms,  fruit  and  then — the  snow  again ! 

But  memories  sweet  of  those  we  love 
Live  ever  as  rivers  flow  and  flow  again! 

So  thou,  our  Omar,  tho'  we  never  heard  thy  voice, 
Dost  make  us  in  thy  written  magic  word  rejoice ! 
We're  here  to  drink  in  dear  fraternal  cheer 
In  fragrant  wine,  with  roses  ministered,  most  choice! 

Nathan  Haskell  Dole. 


4S93G9 


A  BALLADE  OF  GREETING 


By  Henry  Harmon  Chamherlin 


After  a  meeting  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America  at 
Worcester,  Nov.  26,  1921.     Read  before  Chile  Club,  Dec.  10,  1921. 


(1) 
Though  Drudgery  to  his  use  our  being  bends 
And  Gain  and  Fame  vouchsafe  no  anodyne, 
Yet  many  a  cheerful  moment  makes  amends 
When  we  in  goodly  fellowship  combine. 
When  Ellis  smiles  and  tells  you  he  feels  fine, 
Grinnell  and  Crandon  turn  their  hearts  to  play. 
And  Chamberlin  the  Transcript  doth  resign. 
There's  naught  can  take  those  memories  away. 

(2) 

The  rosy  crowned  hour  enchantment  lends 
To  Omar  and  his  gospel  of  the  vine. 
Dole,  with  jovial  pun,  his  genius  blends, 
And  Eben's  orient  soul  with  joy  doth  shine; 
And  Lanman,  as  from  rich  Golconda's  mine 
Brings  nuggets  of  old  wisdom,  grave  and  gay; 
By  happy  chance,  I  met  you,  comrades  mine, 
And  naught  can  take  your  memories  away. 


(3) 

The  proverb  says,  ' '  Old  books,  old  wine,  old  friends. ' ' 
But  sometimes  empty  seems  the  printed  line. 
Bereavement  for  us  all,  some  day  portends. 
Years  take  our  Youth  and  Congress  takes  our  wine. 
But  though  ten  thousand  ills  our  spirits  pine, 
And  drain  our  lives  of  promise,  day  by  day, 
"We'll  meet  Fate's  challenge  with  this  countersign: 
**You  cannot  take  our  memories  away." 

Envoi 

Burrage,  our  bounteous  prince,  whose  kindly  shrine 
We  visit,  pilgrims  on  a  holiday, 
"While  lives  the  soul  that  makes  men  half  divine, 
Time  cannot  take  your  memory  away. 


TO  CHARLES  D.  BUERAGE 


Bead  before  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America  by  William  B 
Scofield,  April  2,  1921 


He  may  be  happy  whose  desire  is  but  to  please  himself — for 
though  his  purpose  may  not  fully  be  achieved,  it  surely  will  be 
prospered  now  and  then ;  but  if  the  day  should  come  when  he  grows 
weary  of  himself,  then  will  he  strive  no  more  for  anything  but  fall 
to  ruin  and  to  mould. 


He  is  often  happy  whose  one  thought  is  for  his  friends.  He 
shall  know  full  days  of  willing  sacrifice;  and  yet  his  friends  may 
turn  from  his  sweet  ministry  and  then  how  shall  he,  rejected,  face 
the  coming  days? 


He  only  is  secure  who  strives  to  please  himself  and  friends; 
who  gains  and  gives.  Then,  if  his  good  gifts  are  prized  he  says — 
' '  'Tis  well ! ' '  And  if  his  bounty  pleases  none  he  says — *  *  'Tis 
well,  for  it  was  service  that  I  loved ' ' ;  and  if  his  friends  depart  he 
still  says  "It  is  well,  for  the  ever  satisfying  task  abides  with  me 
and  I  will  still  labor  for  my  pleasure  and  for  theirs.  That  task 
shall  be  my  staff  and  shield  and  comrade  to  the  end. ' ' 


Sad,  severed  from  the  sea,  a  raindrop  sighed, 
And,  smiling  gently,  thus  the  sea  replied, 
"A  part  of  God  are  we,  but  seem  apart 
When  Alif,  moving,  doth  our  union  hide. 


Geoege  Rob. 


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A  SAGE'S  COUNSEL 


Maintain  thy  stature  in  men's  eyes.     If  driven 
On  Fortune's  breakers  hope  not  to  be  shriven. 
Crimes,  vices,  follies,  these  may  be  condoned ; 
Misfortune  only  may  not  be  forgiven. 

We  know  rich  Dives  is  a  boor,  debased  and  dissipated, 
And  that  by  men  of  caliber  a  brainless  knave  he's  rated. 
He 's  vicious,  but  he 's  liberal ;  and  when  we  chance  to  meet  him 
With  unrestrained  urbanity  and  deference  we  greet  him. 
Poor  Lazarus,  who  ranked  us  all  in  qualities  and  merit, 
Who  seemed  all  gifts  of  Fortune  and  all  virtues  to  inherit, 
Has  lost  his  wealth,  his  health,  his  grip,  and  though  we  can't  de- 
spise him. 
We  meet  his  greeting  with  a  nod,  and  barely  recognize  him. 
The  reason  is  not  far  to  seek:  'Tis  POWER  we're  respecting; 
The  powerless  and  useless  wight,  'tis  he  whom  we're  neglecting. 
Dives  may  be  of  service,  his  propensities  alarm  us, 
While  Lazarus,  now  down  and  out,  can  neither  help  nor  harm  us. 

! 
There's  Croesus,  whose  vast  wealth  is  gained  by  profiteer  oppres- 
sion; 
Resentful  millions  through  the  land  succumb  to  his  obsession. 
The  searing  brand  of  Greed  on  every  enterprise  he  touches. 
With  just  enough  respect  for  law  to  keep  out  of  its  clutches, 
Injustice,  misery  and  hate  have  marked  his  operations. 
No  golden  rule  or  moral  law  disturbed  his  machinations. 
Retired  from  trade  he  hides  behind  the  leanest  of  devices. 
Claims  that  his  wicked  partners  fix  low  pay  and  graceless  prices. 
A  word  from  him,  and  their  predations  would  be  dissipated ; 
They  but  pursue  the  policies  that  he  inaugurated. 
He  seeks  to  square  extortion  with  sonorous  contributions 
To  scientific,  cultural  and  pious  institutions. 
These  and  a  sycophantic  press  extol  his  benefactions, 


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And  voices  long  attuned  to  praise  would  chorus  the  decision 
With  smothered  scorn  in  craven  hearts  ignoble  victims  cower 
In  base  subservience  before  the  golden  shrine  of  Power. 

But  should  calamity  befall,  misfortune  overtake  him, 

And  on  the  whirling  wheel  of  Fate  should  tardy  Justice  break  him, 

We  'd  hear  resounding  howls  of  exultation  and  derision. 

And  voices  long  attuned  to  praise  would  chorus  the  decision 

That,  shorn  of  power,  the  helpless  wretch  should  hang  as  high  as 

Haman  ; 
That  his  career  is  paralleled  by  that  of  the  highwayman 
Who  would  assuage  the  pangs  of  conscience  that  he  winces  under 
By  doling  to  the  needy  a  large  portion  of  his  plunder. 
His  philanthropic  record  would  be  scoffed  at  or  forgotten, 
The  common  verdict  be  pronounced — Croesus  was  always  rotten; 
And  Croesus,  humbled,  wrecked,  despised,  a  figure  to  disgust  one, 
Confessing  to  his  sordid  soul  the  judgment  was  a  just  one. 
Would  shrink  beneath  the  world's  disdain  and,  sensing  his  pollu- 
tion, 
Dread  lest  just  Heaven  hath  in  store  more  drastic  retribution. 
And  here  is  Vado :  He  a  mighty  industry  hath  founded ; 
On  straight,  sound  business  principles  his  processes  are  grounded. 
He  stands  for  even  justice  to  himself  and  to  his  neighbor. 
Holds  Capital  should  have  its  due,  and  so  should  faithful  Labor. 
He  figures  out  an  equitable  course  and  straightway  sets  it ; 
He  pays  full  toll  for  service,  demands  full  return,  and  gets  it. 
His  hold  on  righteous  measures  and  square  dealing  ne'er  relaxes; 
He  asks  no  favors,  wrongs  no  man,  and  doesn't  shirk  his  taxes. 
His  fertile  brain  is  constantly  evolving  great  emprises, 
The  common  good  an  element  in  all  that  he  devises. 

To  him  his  neighbor  is  the  man  his  sphere  of  action  reaches. 

He  neither  sits  in  judgment  nor  admonishes  nor  preaches. 

He  mouths  no  moral  platitudes,  proclaims  no  smug  vagaries, 

Supports  no  futile  charities,  no  meddling  missionaries. 

Dictates  no  creed,  exacts  no  pledge,  lays  down  no  rules  of  action. 

And  leaves  to  each  man's  judgment  the  pursuit  of  satisfaction. 

The  benefits  which  he  bestows  involve  no  sacrifices 

Of  pride  or  independence,  and  diminish  crime  and  vices. 


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Contented  workmen,  happy  homes  and  comforts  he's  assuring, 

Blessings  substantial,  practical,  ennobling  and  enduring; 

For  he  whose  influence  benign  doth  fill  an  ample  roster 

Of  homes  with  wholesome  attributes  which  peace  and  plenty  foster 

Doth  benefit  posterity  more  than  all  contributions 

To  scientific,  cultural  and  pious  institutions. 

Should  revolutionary  forces  swamp  him  in  reverses, 

Wails,  heartfelt,  Heaven-reaching,  would  drown  Greed's  exultant 

curses. 
And  multitudes  of  loyal  souls  would  honor,  love  and  bless  him. 
No  sore  regrets,  no  fears,  no  pricking  conscience  would  distress  him. 
Courageous,  undismayed,  submissive  without  vain  repining 
To  Fate's  decree,  no  whit  his  sturdy  manliness  resigning. 
Failure  would  not  dishearten  him  nor  poverty  disable ; 
With  mind  and  vigor  unimpaired  and  will  indomitable 
He'd  buckle  down  and  win  success  in  some  new  high  endeavor, 
For  spirits  such  as  Vado's  hold  their  poise  and  force  forever. 
Derided  by  the  predatory  powers  and  their  minions, 
Esteemed  by  all  right-minded  men  who  form  their  own  opinions, 
His  venerated  name  is  writ  on  Honor's  fairest  pages. 
And  Vado's  enviable  fame  will  ring  clear  through  the  ages. 

My  son,  I  have  no  fear  you'll  follow  Dives'  base  example, 
And  Croesus'  methods  you'll  disdain,  for  reasons  clear  and  ample. 
Keep  Vado's  noble  record  well  in  mind,  and  emulate  him. 
Heed  not  the  fulminations  of  the  profiteers  who  rate  him, 
Nor  weakling  journalists  who  harp  on  small  peculiarities. 
Ignoring  great  achievements  and  good  works  more  blest  than  char- 
ities. 
Go,  seek  Success ;  with  constant  zeal  and  diligence  you  '11  find  it ; 
But  let  not  its  attainment  leave  a  slimy  trail  behind  it. 
The  quest  of  pow'r  through  wealth  and  fame  is  laudable  ambition. 
Since  Wisdom  is  the  greatest  pow'r,  the  richest  acquisition, 
Seek  Wisdom  first.     She'll  bid  you  lay  a  solid,  sane  foundation 
On  self-respect,  the  golden  rule,  fair  play  and  toleration. 
Then  search  out  Opportunity  with  clear  and  piercing  vision, 
And  when  you  see  it  grapple  it  with  promptness  and  decision. 
'Tis  in  the  open,  everywhere,  you've  but  to  recognize  it, 


And  if  of  clean  though  humble  aspect  welcome  it  and  prize  it, 

And  bend  your  tireless  energies  through  every  wakeful  minute 

To  its  exploitation,  and  get  all  that'  there  is  in  it. 

Should  its  return  be  light  regret  and  disappointment  smother; 

You'll  find  one  opportunity  will  guide  you  to  another, 

And  in  good  time  you'll  strike  a  lead  that  will  develop  treasure 

That  crowns  your  labors  with  success  in  satisfying  measure — 

In  satisfying  measure,  since  in  every  operation 

You've  borne  in  mind  the  golden  rule,  fair  play  and  toleration. 

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One  underlying  purpose  prompts  all  men's  directed  action; 
Of  all  ambitions,  hopes,  desires,  the  goal  is  Satisfaction. 
From  youth  to  hoary  age  we  strive  unceasingly  to  gain  it, 
Though  do  our  best  and  be  our  best  we  never  quite  attain  it. 
The  unjust,  the  uncharitable,  slaves  of  greed  who  covet. 
The  hypocrite,  the  debauchee,  know  very  little  of  it. 
And  even  kindl}-  Vado,  prudent,  just,  serene,  successful, 
Eight  worthy  of  its  solace,  knows  long  sleepless  hours  distressful. 

But  be  your  best  and  do  your  best  and  you  may  well  deserve  it, 
May  reach  a  point  near  to  the  great  objective,  and  preserve  it. 
No  grim  dread  of  reverses,  no  disaster,  can  appal  you ; 
A  lofty  soul  will  be  your  stay  whatever  may  befall  you. 
Should  the  capricious  goddess  frown,  misfortune  overtake  you. 
Your  labor  and  high  hopes  prove  vain  and  wealth  and  health  for- 
sake you. 
If  for  a  time  disheartened  don 't  let  anybody  know  it. 
If  keenly  conscious  of  your  disadvantages  don 't  show  it. 
And  don 't,  like  nerveless  Lazarus,  repining  and  despairing. 
Feel  down  and  out,  or  lose  your  grip,  however  ill  you're  faring. 

Let  his  experience  and  fate  enlighten  you  and  warn  you. 

Some,  fawning  in  prosperity,  may  now  ignore  or  scorn  you ; 

An  old-time  friend  may  pass  you  by  as  though  he  never  knew  you ; 

And  don't  expect  a  helping  hand  to  be  extended  to  you, 

For,  rated  an  unfortunate,  your  salt  has  lost  its  savor, 

And  onlj^  the  potential  can  command  or  merit  favor. 

But,  dignified  and  calm  of  mien,  suave,  cordial,  unaffected, 


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MAINTAIN  YOUR  STATURE  IN  MEN'S  EYES,  and  you  wiU  be 

respected 
By  all  discriminating  souls  who  recognize  in  merit 
More  excellence  than  in  the  store  men  gather  or  inherit ; 
And  though  the  thoughtless  rabble,  Power's  votaries,  may  slight 

you, 
A  consciousness  of  rectitude  will  solace  and  requite  you. 

STEPHEN  MAGISTER. 


II 


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From  Nothing  springs  the  wondrcus  Soul  sublime 
That,  clothed  in  human  form,  on  Earth  appears, 
And  staggers  briefly  on  amid  the  years. 
Knows  Life's  mysterious  throb,  its  joys,   its   fears, 
And  then  is  lost  in  the  abyss  of  Time. 

II. 

Yet  naught  within  the  range  of  human  mind, — 
No  force  is  lost  tho '  changed  in  form  and  name — 
The  smallest  atom  ne'er  aught  else  became — 
The  Summer's  heat  in  Winter  is  the  same 
Altho '  'tis  fled  and  we  are  left  behind. 

III. 

Thus  know  we  well  'tis  not  a  final  goal 

Life  reaches  when  the  hour  has  come  to  die. 

When  man  has  drawn  his  last  expiring  sigh 

And  loving  hands  have  closed  the  sightless  eye. 

Forever  lives,  though  endless  ages  roll, 

The  Force  of  Life,  the  great  mysterious  Soul. 

George  Roe, 

San  Antonio,  Texas. 


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TWENTY  YEARS  OF  THE  OMAR  KHAYYAM  CLUB  OP 

AMERICA 


From  the  Boston  Evening  Transcript,  April  2,  1921 
{With  five  illustrations) 

The  Boston  Organization  Celebrates  Its  Twentieth  Anniversary 

With  Another  of  the  Notable  Luncheons  for  which  It  Has 

Become  Famous 


By  Joseph  Edgar  Chamherlin 


Today  the  Omar  KJiayyam  Club  of  America,  whose  member- 
ship is  chiefly  in  Massachusetts  and  whose  meetings  are  held  in 
Boston,  celebrated  its  twentieth  anniversary  in  its  annual  luncheon 
at  Young's  Hotel.  At  the  luncheon  there  was  laid  down  as  a  me- 
morial of  the  occasion  a  handsome  book  bound  in  blue  paper, 
signed  by  the  club's  officers,  which  records  the  club's  proceedings, 
its  progressive  membership  and  official  staff,  and  the  artistic 
triumphs  through  the  score  of  years  of  its  existence. 

The  Omar  Khaj^'yam  Club  is  revealed  bj"-  this  record  as  an  en- 
tirely original  sort  of  organization.  It  is  described  in  the  "fore- 
word" of  the  volume,  by  Mr.  Charles  Dana  Burrage,  the  mainstay 
and  Amphitryon  of  the  chib,  as  "an  association  of  men,  mostly 
professional,  who  believe  in  good  fellowship  and  who  are  interested 
in  the  Orient  in  one  way  or  another,  and  more  particularly  in  that 
'King  of  the  Wise,'  the  astronomer,  philosopher  and  poet.  Omar 
Khayyam. ' '  The  genesis  of  the  club,  as  it  is  further  explained  in  a 
little  historical  sketch  which  the  book  contains,  has  been  attributed 
to  an  observation  of  Sir  Richard  Burton,  while  dining  one  even- 
ing at  Lord  Coleridge's,  that  the  meetings  of  learned  Oriental  so- 
cieties had  "too  much  pedantry  and  too  little  of  the  social  qual- 
ity." The  Boston  Omar  Khayyam  Club  cuts  out  the  pedantry 
and  promotes  the  social  quality,  though  not  at  the  expense  of  real 
Omarian  lore,  to  which  it  has  made  important  contributions. 


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Lore  of  the  Tent  Maker 

Though  the  meetings  of  the  club  are  marked  with  delicate  and 
seemly  conviviality,  they  have  been  signalized  by  such  papers  or 
other  contributions  as  Professor  William  Edward  Story's  highly 
original  essay  on  "Omar  as  a  Mathematician,"  presented  at  the 
session  of  the  club  of  April  6,  1918,  and  to  the  club  there  has  been 
submitted  the  original  commission  on  vellum,  given  in  1810  by  King 
George  III,  to  Sir  Gore  Ouseley,  British  Ambassador  to  Persia, 
which  resulted  in  Sir  Gore's  obtaining  certain  Persian  manuscripts 
which  included  the  Rubaiyat  of  Omar  Khayyam,  and  which,  there- 
fore, ultimately  resulted  in  the  addition  of  this  priceless  outgiving 
to  English  and  other  European  literatures. 

The  Omar  Khayyam  Club's  literary  and  research  side  is  not 
forgotten  in  its  devotion  to  the  admirable  social  principles  of  the 
Tent  Maker,  Rare  editions,  illuminated  or  de  luxe  issues  of  the 
poet,  manuscript  treasures  and  other  matters  connected  with  Omar 
are  regularly  laid  before  the  club  and  enjoyed  and  considered  by  it. 
Verses  or  essays  are  read  on  all  occasions.  The  club  is  a  perpetual 
memorial  to  the  poet. 

Art  in  Mentis 

Every  year,  too,  under  Mr.  Burrage's  generous  patronage,  the 
Omar  Khayyam  Club  goes  in  for  menus  and  souvenirs  which  are 
treasured  as  keepsakes  or  as  objects  of  art  in  themselves.  Every 
one  of  the  twenty  recurring  years  of  the  club's  existence  has  been 
signalized  in  this  manner.  Some  of  these  souvenirs  are  memorable. 
For  example,  the  club  menu  for  1920  bore  a  reproduction  of  the 
impressive  painting  of  the  philosopher,  with  a  maiden  at  his  feet 
presenting  the  cup  of  wine,  by  Fred  A.  Demmler,  who  died  in  the 
service  in  France  in  1918,  which  is  copied  on  this  page.  The  "Club 
Vase,"  a  genuine  Omarian  Persian  curio  (richly  produced  on 
orange)  is  illustrated  in  this  souvenir  volume.  The  menus  are  al- 
ways original  works  of  art.  A  feature  of  several  of  the  meetings 
has  been  the  presentation  of  miniature  editions  by  Mr.  Burrage. 
There  is  always,  at  the  meetings  of  the  club,  a  feast  for  the  eye  and 
the  brain  as  well  as  for  the  ' '  inner  man. ' ' 


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Omar's  "Discoverer" 

The  illuminated  vellum  which  bears  the  commissiou  of  King 
George  ITI.  to  Sir  Gore  Ouseley  (pronounce  it  Ooze-ly),  which  gave 
us  all  the  Rubaiyat,  would  in  itself  be  a  monument  to  Omar  Khay- 
yam, if  the  club  were  not  its  own  sufficient  monument.  Its  his- 
tory is  quickly  told.  It  is  in  the  form  of  a  letter  from  King  George 
to  the  Shah  of  Persia  apprising  him  of  the  nomination  of  Sir  Gore 
Ouseley  as  ambassador  to  his  court.  Manifestly  to  impress  the 
King  of  Kings,  it  is  surrounded  with  an  arabesque  illumination, 
and  bears  a  representation  of  the  royal  British  crown  and  the  mon- 
ogram of  King  George.     And  it  reads  as  follows : 

Sir,  My  Cousin :  I  have  received  Your  Royal  Highness 's 
kind  Letter  from  Tabriz  on  the  subject  of  Captain  Paisley's 
arrival  at  Abushhest,  and  the  possible  injury  both  States 
might  sustain  from  the  supercession  of  Sir  Harford  Jones  by 
an  Envoy  from  the  Governor  General  of  India.  I  derive  great 
satisfaction  from  this  demonstration  of  Your  Royal  High- 
ness's  Friendship  and  regard  for  my  welfare, — Mirza  Abul 
Hassan  has  no  doubt  long  since  informed  Your  Royal  High- 
ness how  truly  I  lament  the  unfortunate  circumstances  which 
have  occurred  with  respect  to  Our  Royal  Mission  to  the  Court 
of  Teheran.  These  Events  have  originated  in  error  and  mis- 
apprehension :  I  have  employed  every  effort  to  prevent  the 
recurrence  of  such  Misfortunes.  Accordingly  I  have  ap- 
pointed an  Ambassador  Extraordinary  and  Plenipotentiary 
directly  from  MA^self  to  the  King  of  Persia.  My  Ambassador 
will  be  responsible  to  this  Government  for  his  conduct  and 
although  directed  to  co-operate  with  the  Executive  Govern- 
ment of  India  so  far  as  His  own  judgment  and  His  instruc- 
tions from  My  Ministers  will  warrant  he  will  not  however  be 
in  any  manner  under  the  control  of  the  Indian  Government. 
— I  have  selected  for  the  situation  of  Ambassador  at  the  Court 
of  Teheran  My  Trusty  and  well  beloved  Sir  Gore  Ouseley, 
Baronet,  a  Gentleman  whose  Knowledge  of  your  Language. 
Customs  and  Manners  peculiarly  qualify  Him  for  that  ap- 
pointment and  whose  Conduct  and  Character  entitle  Him  to 
general  respect  and  consideration, — Having  the  fullest  con- 


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fidence  in  My  Ambassador's  Judgment  and  Discretion,  I 
trust  that  the  first  Intelligence  I  shall  have  the  pleasure  of  re- 
ceiving from  Your  Royal  Highness  after  the  arrival  of  My 
Ambassador  at  Persia,  will  apprise  Me  of  the  renewal  of  that 
Harmony  which  I  hope  will  subsist  for  Ever  between  the 
States  of  Persia  and  Great  Britain. — I  pray  God  to  take  Your 
Royal  Highness  into  His  best  Care  and  Protection.  I  am  with 
every  Sentiment  of  Affection  and  Esteem, 

Sir,  My  Cousin, 

Your  Good  Cousin, 

George  R. 

At  My  Royal  Castle 

at  Windsor,  11th  July,  1810. 

Romance  of  a  Bit  of  Vellum 

On  the  authority  of  this  document  Sir  Gore  Ouseley,  who 
was  an  expert  in  and  a  collector  of  Persian  literature  and  art, 
went  to  Persia,  and  loaded  himself  up  with  a  lot  of  Persian  things 
— particularly  with  manuscript  poems.  After  his  return  to  Eng- 
land Sir  Gore  presented  this  collection  to  Oxford  University  and 
it  became  a  part  of  the  Bodleian  library.  Here,  years  after.  Pro- 
fessor Edward  Byles  Cowell  was  attracted  by  the  splendor  of  an 
illumination  on  a  manuscript ;  he  investigated,  and  found  that  it 
contained  the  Rubaiyat  of  Omar.  Some  of  the  quatrains  he 
translated,  and  called  Edward  FitzGerald's  attention  to  them. 
Afterward,  his  interest  whetted,  Cowell  found  other  quatrains  of 
Omar  in  Calcutta,  and  he  reviewed  the  subject  in  the  Calcutta 
Review  in  March,  1858.  FitzGerald  published  his  first  edition  of 
the  Rubaiyat  in  1859. 

"Today,"  says  the  book  of  the  '•'Twenty  Years  of  the  Omar 
Khayyam  Club,"  "this  bit  of  vellum  (the  Gore  Ouseley  Commis- 
sion), so  interesting  for  the  train  of  circumstances  that  followed 
it,  reposes  side  by  side  here  in  Boston  with  a  rare  copy  of  the 
Calcutta  Review  of  March,  1858;  Ouseley 's  "Persian  Literature," 
FitzGerald's  1st,  2d,  3d  and  4th  editions.  Hay's  address  before  the 
Omar  Khayj^am  Club  of  London,  Edward  Heron  Allen's  book  con- 
taining a  facsimile  of  the  Bodleian  manuscript,  a  rare  copy  of  the 
Calcutta  manuscript  of  Professor  Cowell 's,  and  hundreds  of  less 


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important  editions."  But  for  the  commission,  it  is  true,  the 
Rubaiyat  would  never  have  found  their  way  in  this  available 
shape  to  Europe,  and  the  FitzGerald  translation  might  never  have 
been  made. 

Omar's  Boston  Followers 

The  wealth  of  Omar  material  which,  in  the  collections  of 
They  do  not  let  considerations  of  scholarship  or  connoisseurship 
members,  is  constantly  available  to  members  of  the  club,  is  im- 
mense. The  personnel  of  the  club  itself  is,  so  to  speak,  a  very 
personal  thing.  It  has  included,  and  includes,  a  number  of 
learned  men,  authors  and  connoisseurs.  At  its  reunions,  it  has 
many  guests.  One  who  has  been  its  guest  on  divers  occasions 
might  feel  himelf  justified  in  saying  that  the  club  exists  for  its 
guests.  In  a  sense,  it  does,  but,  first  of  all,  it  exists  for  its  mem- 
bers. Even  old  Omar  existed  for  them  and  their  pleasure, 
run  away  with  their  pleasure  on  any  occasion.  By  this  consecra- 
tion of  the  principle  of  true  conviviality  the  Khayyamites  honor 
Omar  better  than  they  could  honor  him  in  any  other  way,  because 
they  have  learned  from  his  well-known  Rubaiyat  that  this  is  pre- 
cisely what  he  would  have  them  do.  They  are  the  "Guests  star- 
scattered  on  the  Grass" — not  yet  beneath  it;  they  know  that 
Omar's  glass  stands  there  with  theirs,  and  they  conceive  of  him 
as  putting  it  cheerfully  to  his  lips.  It  is  a  kind  of  a  way  to  give 
him  a  good  time.  If  they  came  over-saturated  with  learning  they 
would  hardly  be  able  to  hold  anything  else  and  nine-tenths  of 
Omar's  philosophy  are  in  his  gospel  of  good  fellowship. 

Nor  is  there  ever  the  slightest  disharmony  found  in  this  or- 
ganization between  the  Omarian  as  the  convive  and  the  Omarian 
as  the  scholar.  Its  founder,  Eben  Francis  Thompson,  of  Worces- 
ter, is,  since  1919,  its  president ;  and  the  club  has,  as  it  were,  stood 
over  his  monumental  translation  of  the  whole  of  Omar  Khayyam's 
quatrains — a  formidable  volume,  very  much  more  extended,  of 
course,  than  FitzGerald 's  very  free  version,  and  very  different. 
A  great  Orientalist  whose  erudition  illuminates  the  club  is  Pro- 
fessor Charles  R.  Lanman,  of  Harvard,  whose  amazing  services 
in  this  line  are  known  to  all  scholars.  The  officers  of  the  club 
have  been  as  follows :  Presidents,  Nathan  Haskell  Dole,  1900-1917 ; 


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Charles  Dana  Burrage,  1917-19;  Eben  Francis  Thompson,  1919- 
'20;  vice  presidents,  Ross  Turner,  1900  to  his  death  in  1915; 
Charles  R.  Lanman  since.  Secretaries,  Eben  Francis  Thompson, 
1900-1920 ;  Charles  Dana  Burrage,  1920.  Treasurers,  Eben  Fran- 
cis Thompson,  1900-1903 ;  Charles  Dana  Burrage  since. 


OMAS  KHAYYAM  IN  AMERICA 


Twenty  Years  of  the  Omax  Khayyam  Club  of  America. 
Worcester  Men  in  the  Club 

(From  the  Worcester  Gazette,  June  1,  1921) 

Omar  Khayyam,  Persian  philosopher  and  poet,  established  a 
cult  immortally  cherished  by  the  choice  souls  of  successive  gen- 
erations. Omarians  are  generally  gentle,  always  genial;  and, 
when  opportunity  offers,  joyfully  congenial.  For  evidence,  see 
"Twenty  Years  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America,"  just 
published. 

One  evening  in  1887  Sir  Richard  Burton,  the  "Arabian  Nights 
Man,"  when  dining  at  Lord  Coleridge's,  observed  that  the  learned 
Oriental  societies  had  too  much  pedantry  in  evidence  at  their 
sessions,  and  not  enough  plain  ordinary  good  fellowship.  It  was 
from  this  suggestion  that  Mr.  Eben  Francis  Thompson  of  Worces- 
ter got  the  idea,  put  into  operation  years  later,  of  a  club  of 
Omarians  "on  the  basis  of  good  fellowship  as  well  as  Oriental 
learning,  with  the  good  fellowship  as  the  predominant  feature." 

Mr.  Thompson  made  this  suggestion  to  Mr.  Nathan  Haskell 
Dole,  who  had  been  his  instructor  in  Greek.  The  two  men  had 
studied  Oriental  literature,  and  especially  Omar,  together.  Mr. 
Dole  received  the  suggestion  with  enthusiasm,  and  the  result  was 
that  the  Omar  Khayydm  Club  of  America  came  into  being. 

The  first  meeting  of  this  jovial  fellowship  was  held  at 
Young's,  in  Boston,  on  Saturday,  March  31,  1900.  March  31  is 
the  birthday  of  Edward  FitzGerald,  patron  saint  of  the  Omarians. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  club  on  this  date  is  known  as  the  Fes- 
tival of  Saint  Edward.  The  record  of  this  meeting  reads :  "From 
the  Persian  vase  in  the  table 's  center  with  its  one  rose  of  Kashmir 


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to  the  various  items  of  the  menu  from  ehilo  to  Shirazi  wine  and 
Persian  rose  leaves  the  session  was  distinctly  Omarian.  It  is 
singular,  too,  that  at  this  meeting  the  mystic  number  of  nine  per- 
sons were  present  just  as  at  the  first  dinner  of  the  London  club 
the  same  number  participated.  Dole  exhibited  the  manuscript  of 
the  Greek  version  which  had  been  made  by  Professor  Crawley  of 
Bradfield  college,  Berkshire,  England,  and  also  displayed  a  copy 
of  the  first  American  edition. ' ' 

It  was  a  delightful  session.  Laurence  C.  Woodworth  sent  an 
edition  of  Tennyson's  poem  to  FitzGerald,  privately  printed  by 
the  Brothers  of  the  Book  in  commemoration  of  FitzGerald 's  91st 
birthday.  Dr.  William  E.  Story,  Worcester's  genial  mathemati- 
cian, produced  a  copy  of  Omar's  algebra.  Col.  Higginson  was 
delightfully  reminiscent  and  talked  about  Omarians  past  and 
present,  dwelling  wistfully  on  those  to  whom  might  be  applied 
Omar's  lines. 

' '  Some  we  loved,  the  loveliest  and  the  best 
That  from  his  vintage  rolling  Time  has  prest, 
Have  drunk  their  cup  a  round  or  two  before 
And  one  by  one  crept  silently  to  rest." 
Mr.  Thompson  read  some  extracts  from  the  complete  transla- 
tion on  which  he  was  then  working. 

Members  of  the  club  have  written  many  well-known  books 
about  Omar  and  renditions  of  his  immortal  poetry.  In  a  poem 
read  at  one  of  the  meetings,  Mr.  Dole  paid  this  high  honor  to  Mr. 
Thompson 's  translation : 

Hail  to  you  Omar,  friendliest  of  the  Sages, 
Your  message  cheers  us,  ringing  through  the  ages : — 
Our  Eben  Francis  has  translated  it 
In  golden  verses  crowning  creamy  pages. 
In  somewhat  different  vein  is  this  metrical  outburst : 

The  Cardinal 

On  his  high  throne  a  cardinal  sat. 
Cogitating  on  this  and  on  that; 
"Omar  Khayyam,"  quoth  he, 
"Has  nothing  on  me 


2,4 

For  I  have  my  own  Rubyhat. 

Not  FitzGerald  nor  Thompson,"  he  said, 

"Nor  Dole,  Whinfield  nor  Roe  are  ahead; 

As  surely  as  they 

I  am  truly  0.  K. 

For  my  Rubyhat  is  much  red!" 

Which  goes  to  show  that  Omarians  are  not  as  continuously 
cold  and  austere  as  less  scholarly  folk  might  think. 

One  of  the  finest  things  in  the  book,  Omarian  only  as  it  serves 
to  show  thd  working  of  the  ancient  Persian's  spirit  in  modern 
minds  dealing  with  modern  subjects,  is  the  poem  on  Lincoln,  writ- 
ten by  Mr.  William  Bacon  Scofield  of  Worcester,  and  read  at  the 
meeting  of  April  5,  1919 : 

Somehow  I  think  that  in  the  near  Beyond 
He  sits  and  broods  o  'er  all  this  human  strife 
And  that  new  furrows  line  his  kindly  face. 
Full  sad  enough  from  his  own  weary  life. 
While  the  great  heart,  that  throbbed  for  others' 

care. 
Still  thrills  in  pity  for  us,  even  there. 

A  poem  by  Henry  Harmon  Chamberlin,  also  of  Worcester, 
was  read  at  the  meeting  of  March  31,  1917.  It  is  called  "The 
Price,"  and  mourns  the  betrayal  of  the  Brotherhood  of  Man  in 
the  war : 

Brother  of  Death,  Sin's  crowned  and  armed  birth, 
How  long  shall  this  new  Anarch  reign  on  earth, 
Unsmitten  of  Thy  thunderbolt,  0  Lord  ? 

Another  citizen  of  Worcester  who  contributes  to  the  book  is 
Dr.  Story,  who  at  the  session  of  April  6,  1918,  read  his  paper  on 
' ' Omar  as  a  Mathematician. ' '  He  said :  "It  seems  to  be  common- 
ly assumed  that  Omar  was  by  profession  an  astronomer  and  that 

with  him  pure  mathematics  was  only  a  side  issue Omar's 

greatest  original  contribution  to  algebra  is  the  complete  classifica- 
tion of  the  cubic  equation Apparently  also,  he  considered 

the  binomial  theorem  for  positive  integral  exponents.  He  says,  *I 
have  taught  how  to  find  the  sides  of  the  square-square,  of  the 
square-cube,  of  the  cube-cube,  etc.,  to  any  extent,  which  no  one  had 


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previously  done.'  .  .  .  All  things  considered,  I  am  inclined  to 
think  that  Omar  Khayydm  was  the  most  original  and,  therefore, 
the  greatest  of  the  Saracen  mathematicians. ' ' 

This  history  of  "Twenty  Years  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of 
America"  is  a  volume  to  delight  those  who  are  acquainted  with 
the  mechanical  mysteries  of  bookmaking,  and  to  give  pleasure  to 
all  bibliophiles.  It  was  made  under  the  most  painstaking  direc- 
toin  of  Charles  Dana  Burrage.  It  is  bound  in  blue  paper  over 
heavy  board,  with  a  white  saddle  lettered  in  gilt.  On  the  side  is 
the  title  in  gold  lettering,  and  a  grape  design  on  the  rich  blue  paper. 

Text  and  pictures  are  on  right  hand  pages  only.  A  fine, 
white  deekle-edge  paper  is  used.  There  are  finely  executed  repro- 
ductions of  menus  used  at  the  club  dinners ;  they  would  interest  any 
friends  of  the  curious  and  the  beautiful.  Other  prints  show  some 
of  the  club  members ;  the  FitzGerald  medal  struck  by  the  club,  and 
volumes  of  translations  of  the  great  Persian 's  poems. 

The  book  is  dedicated  to  Eben  Francis  Thompson,  of  Worces- 
ter, "lawyer,  wit,  prince  of  good  fellows,  Shakespearean  scholar, 
art  lover,  poet,  author,  and  first  translator  from  the  original  Per- 
sian of  the  complete  quatrains  of  Omar  Khayyam."  Mr.  Thomp- 
son's son,  Harold  R.  Thompson,  a  Harvard  graduate  of  the  class 
of  1919,  did  much  of  the  illuminating  that  beautifies  the  vol- 
ume. The  seal  of  the  club,  reproduced  on  the  title  page  of  the  book, 
is  suggestive  of  the  hour  glass  within  the  revolving  wheel,  symbolic 
of  the  Omarian  philosophy.  It  is  printed  in  a  red  of  the  true 
Oriental  tone,  and  anyone  who  has  had  anything  to  do  with  print- 
ing in  color  will  appreciate  from  it  the  care  that  has  been  taken  in 
every  detail  of  this  book.  It  could  not  have  been  an  easy  matter 
to  get  that  ink. 

The  volume  is  in  its  own  way  a  masterpiece  of  art,  for  it  pre- 
sents charmingly  the  Oriental  touch  of  color  without  which  it  could 
hardly  have  been  made  an  appropriate  embodiment  of  the  club's 
record.  The  blue  end-papers  and  a  henna  sheet  with  a  chaste  re- 
production of  the  club's  Omar  case  are  in  delightful  harmony. 
Oriental  books  of  the  old  times  were  often  made  of  leaves  of  differ- 
ent colored  papers  bound  up  together. 

A  proem  in  verse  says : 

Reserve  your  censure;  do  not  criticize 

This  book;   'twas  only  meant  for  friendly  eyes. 


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It  would  be  hard  to  criticize  the  volume  adversely.  As  only 
275  copies  were  made,  we  are  too  much  favored  in  being  permitted 
to  use  a  copy  for  the  delectation  and  edification  of  our  readers  to 
indulge  in  any  comment  but  that  of  praise,  even  if  such  comment 
were  possible. 

It  is  good  for  America  that  it  has  men  who  can  find  the  time, 
amid  the  hurly-burly  of  modern  life,  to  study  these  philosophers 
of  long  ago,  and  keep  burning  in  the  world  the  lamp  of  their  wit 
and  wisdom  kindled  in  earlier  ages.  Worcestrians  may  be  proud 
of  the  part  that  citizens  of  this  town  have  had  in  the  pleasant  work 
of  culture. 


THE  OMAR  KHAYYAM  CLUB  AND  THE  FOREIGN 
ORIENTAL  SOCIETIES 


It  would  seem  to  be  M'^ell  to  preserve  in  the  club  annals  the  fol- 
lowing account,  taken  from  the  Boston  Evening  Transcript  of 
Tuesday,  October  4,  1921,  of  the  meeting  of  the  delegates  from  the 
foreign  Oriental  societies  with  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences,  for  the  reason  that  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America 
entertained,  through  the  week,  such  of  the  delegates  as  were  not 
otherwise  taken  care  of  in  their  houses  by  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee, that  they  gave  the  delegates  a  lunch  at  Young's  Hotel  on 
Wednesday,  followed  by  a  long  drive  into  the  country,  and  also  a 
banquet  at  the  Harvard  Club,  Friday  evening,  at  both  of  which 
meetings.  President  Charles  R.  Lanman  of  the  Club  presided  most 
acceptably.  The  Club  also  presented  various  souvenirs  to  each  of 
the  delegates. 

American  Academy  and  the  Orientalists 

Boston  will  be  the  scene  this  week  of  a  remarkable  interna- 
tional assembly  of  men  of  science,  representing  a  field  of  deep  learn- 
ing. The  meeting  will  mark  the  reception  here,  at  the  house  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  28  Newbury  street,  of 
the  visiting  Orientalists  of  France,  England  and  America.  The 
steps  by  which  the  work  of  Oriental  scholars  all  over  the  world  have 
become  organized,  and  their  leading  representatives  have  come  to- 
gether in  Boston  this  week,  afford  a  record  of  great  interest. 


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The  president  of  the  Societe  Asiatique,  Emile  Senart,  member 
of  the  Institute  of  France,  believing  that  the  work  of  Oriental  stu- 
dents might  be  greatly  furthered  by  organized  co-operation  and 
mutual  helpfulness,  appealed  to  the  venerable  president  of  the 
Royal  Asiatic  Society,  the  late  Lord  Reay,  former  governor  of  Bom- 
bay, for  his  aid  in  bringing  about  the  desired  organization.  By  the 
labors  of  Mr.  Senart  and  Lord  Reay,  this  plan  was  carried  through, 
and  an  agreement  effected  as  between  the  Asiatic  societies  of  France 
and  Great  Britain.  By  the  efforts  of  Mr,  Senart  and  Professor 
Lanman  of  Harvard  (the  latter,  since  1908,  a  corresponding  mem- 
ber of  the  Academic  des  Inscriptions  et  Belles-Lettres,  of  the  In- 
stitute of  France),  a  similar  understanding  between  these  societies 
and  the  American  Oriental  Society  was  also  effected.  The  first 
joint  session  of  the  three  societies  was  held  at  London  in  1919,  and 
the  second  at  Paris  in  1920. 


In  1922  the  French  Society  will  celebrate  the  centenary  of  its 
foundation,  and  in  1923  the  British  Society  will  follow  suit.  Un- 
less a  joint  session  is  held  with  the  Americans  in  the  present  year  of 
1921,  an  opportunity  for  such  a  meeting  will  not  recur  until  1924. 
Accordingly^  in  the  spring  of  this  year,  the  American  Academy  sent 
to  the  European  societies  an  invitation,  at  the  instance  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Sturgis  Bigelow  of  Boston;  Professor  James  H,  Breasted  of 
the  University  of  Chicago;  Mr,  Charles  Dana  Burrage  of  Boston; 
Professors  Albert  T.  Clay  and  Charles  C.  Torrey  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity ;  Dr.  Arthur  Fairbanks,  of  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston ; 
Professors  James  R.  Jewett,  Charles  R,  Lanman,  George  Foot 
Moore  and  James  H.  Woods  of  Harvard  University ;  and  Professor 
Duncan  B.  Maedonald  of  Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  to  meet 
with  the  members  of  Class  III  of  the  Academy,  on  the  24th  of  June, 
1921,  or  at  such  later  time  as  might  appear  to  the  societies  con- 
cerned more  convenient,  and  at  the  House  of  the  Academy  in  the 
city  of  Boston.  Class  III  of  the  Academy  includes  the  sections  for 
theology  and  philosophy  and  jurisprudence,  for  philology  and  arch- 
aeology, for  political  economy  and  history,  and  for  literature  and 
the  fine  arts.  No  one  of  these  subjects  is  without  intimate  and 
vital  relations  to  the  fields  of  investigation  cultivated  by  the  Orient- 
alists. 


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This  meeting,  it  was  explained,  was  proposed  as  a  continuation 
of  the  series  of  joint  meetings  of  Orientalists  begun  at  London  in 
1919  and  continued  at  Paris  in  1920. 

It  was  further  noted  in  the  invitation  that  through  the  devoted 
labors  of  one  of  the  fellows  of  the  academy,  Dr.  William  Sturgis 
Bigelow,  there  is  in  the  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts  a  collection  of 
Japanese  paintings  and  other  works  of  art  such  as  is  not  to  be 
found  elsewhere  outside  of  the  Island  Empire.  Moreover,  the 
Museum  contains  the  finest  examples  outside  of  Egypt  itself  of  the 
sculpture  of  the  best  period  of  the  Old  Egyptian  Empire.  Espe- 
cial care  will  be  taken  that  the  delegates  shall  have  the  best  pos- 
sible opportunity  to  see  and  profit  by  these  collections. 


The  Academy's  invitation  met  with  the  most  prompt  and  cor- 
dial acceptance  from  the  French  and  British  societies.  The  Ital- 
ians were  compelled  reluctantly  to  decline.  The  days  for  the  joint 
meeting  are  Wednesday,  Thursday  and  Friday,  Oct  5-7.  The  del- 
egates representing  the  French  society  are  Paul  Pelliot,  member  of 
the  Academic  des  Inscriptions  et  Belles-Lettres  of  the  Institute  of 
France,  professor  at  the  College  de  France,  and  Alexandre  Moret, 
conservator  of  the  Muse  Guimet  in  Paris  and  director  of  the  stud- 
ies at  Ecole  pratique  des  Hautes  Etudes.  The  delegation  from  the 
Royal  Asiatic  Society  are  Dr.  Arthur  E.  Cowley  of  Magdalen  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  the  head  of  the  Bodleian  Library,  and  Dr.  Stephen 
Langdon  of  Jesus  College,  Oxford,  professor  of  Assyriology. 
Other  British  Orientalists  are  Dr.  Weld-Blundell  of  Queen's  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  whose  special  field  is  South  Arabian  and  Nubian,  and 
Mr.  Lee-Shuttleworth,  long  resident  in  India  and  the  Western 
Himalaya  and  interested  in  the  study  of  the  countries  bordering  on 
Tibet. 


The  delegates  of  the  American  Oriental  Society  are  its  pres- 
ident, the  Assyriologist,  Dr.  James  B.  Nies  of  Brooklyn ;  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Sturgis  Bigelow  of  Boston,  to  whose  persistent  labors  and  fine 
enthusiasm  is  due  the  collection  of  Japanese  paintings  and  other 
works  of  art  which  are  among  the  proudest  boasts  of  our  museum ; 
Professor    Breasted    of    Chicago,    Egyptologist    and   historian   of 


29. 

Egypt,  and  director  of  the  museum ;  Mr.  Charles  Dana  Burrage  of 
Boston,  busy  corporation  lawyer  but  also  a  lover  of  flowers  and  of 
Persian  poetry,  founder  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America 
and  for  many  years  its  president,  a  devoted  and  most  successful 
collector  of  everything  relating  to  Omar;  Dr.  Albert  T.  Clay,  pro- 
fessor of  Assyriology  at  Yale  ;  Professor  A.  V.  W.  Jackson  of  Colum- 
bia, student  of  the  literature  of  Persia  from  the  time  of  the  Zend 
Avesta  till  now,  and  Professor  Torrey,  the  Arabist  of  Yale. 

Professor  George  Foot  Moore  of  Harvard,  the  author  of  the 
two  monumental  volumes  on  the  History  of  Religions,  was,  at  the 
time  the  invitation  was  sent  out,  the  vice  president  of  the  academy 
for  Class  III.  To  that  position  his  honor.  Chief  Justice  Rugg  of 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  the  Commonwealth,  has  meantime 
succeeded,  while  Professor  Moore  has  been  electel  president  of  the 
academy  in  succession  to  our  chemist.  Professor  Theodore  Wil- 
liam Richards.  The  opening  session  will  begin  at  ten  o'clock  to- 
morrow, Oct.  5,  at  28  Newbury  street,  in  the  beautiful  and  com- 
modious and  dignified  house  of  the  Academy,  a  gift  to  the  Academy 
from  Alexander  Ajjassiz  and  his  sons. 


The  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts  will  give  to  the  people  of 
Boston  an  opportunity  to  hear  of  the  marvelous  discoveries  of  Pro- 
fessor Pelliot  during  his  explorations  in  Chinese  Turkestan  from 
1906  to  1909.  The  dryness  of  that  arid  region  has  wonderfully 
conserved  the  relics  of  ancient  Buddhist  art  (painting  and  sculp- 
ture) and  even  of  products  of  textile  industry.  The  excavations  of 
the  sand-buried  towns  have  yielded  archaeological  results  of  first 
importance  in  their  bearing  upon  the  history  of  the  contacts  of 
divers  civilizations  and  religions  in  Central  Asia  during  the  early 
centuries  of  our  era.  Even  of  a  language,  the  Sogdian,  which  was 
wide-spread  from  the  confines  of  Persia  to  the  frontiers  of  China, 
but  of  which  we  knew  nothing  a  few  years  ago,  Mr.  Pelliot  has 
brought  back  documents  which  enable  his  colleague,  Professor 
Meillet  of  the  College  de  France,  to  construct  a  grammar,  now  soon 
to  appear. 

Professor  Pelliot 's  lectures  (m  English)  at  the  Museum  will 
be  illustrated  by  pictures  of  some  of  the  most  remarkable  of  his 
archaeological  and  artistic  finds.  The  first  will  be  given  on  Mon- 
day, Oct.  10,  at  5  P.  M.  J.  E.  C. 


so 


CHAMPAGNE  SONG  OR  THE  WINE  OF  VICTORY 

[Read  at  the  annual  dinner,  1918,  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of 

America] 

Still  wine  hath  an  intimate  fire 

That  gratefully  tickles  each  vein; 
But  the  springtime  of  youth  and  desire 

Bubbles  up  in  the  wine  of  champagne. 

Chorus: 
Bubbles  up  in  the  glass  of  champagne,  my  boys, 
Bubbles  up  in  the  sparkling  champagne,  my  boys, 
Bubbles  high  in  the  golden  champagne,  my  boys, 
The  sparkling,  golden  champagne. 

With  shot  and  with  shell  and  the  terrors  of  Hell, 

The  Germans  swept  over  the  Aisne, 
But  the  spirit  of  France  broke  their  onward  advance, 

And  dashed  all  their  hopes  in  Champagne. 

Chorus : 

Then  here 's  the  poilus  of  Champagne,  my  boys, 
Who  scattered  the  Boche  in  Champagne,  my  boys, 
From  the  Marne  and  the  Aisne  to  Champagne,  my  boys, 
When  red  grew  the  grapes  of  Champagne. 

They  gave  up  their  lives  for  their  children  and  wives. 

But  they  shed  not  their  lifeblood  in  vain. 
For  the  world  they  made  free  over  land,  over  sea, 

By  the  battles  they  fought  in  Champagne. 

Chorus: 
Then  here's  the  Poilus  of  Champagne,  my  boys. 
Who  laid  down  their  lives  in  Champagne,  my  boys. 
To  the  living  and  dead  in  Champagne,  my  boys. 
Let's  drink  to  them  all  in  champagne. 


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For  the  loved  ones  that  mourn,  they  no  more  may  return, 

A  tear  for  each  bumper  we  drain; 
But  we  at  the  height  of  this  festival  night, 

Let  our  hearts  be  as  light  as  champagne. 

Chorus: 
Then  here's  to  the  merry  champagne,  my  boys, 
And  here 's  to  the  gallant  champagne,  my  boys. 
And  the  glory  of  France  in  Champagne,  my  boys, 
The  glorious,  victorious  champagne, 

HENRY  HARMON  CHAMBERLIN. 


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POEMS 

On  receiving  copies  of  "Twentj^  Years  of  the  Omar  Khayyam 
Club  of  America. ' ' 


IOWA  STATE  LIBRARY 


Des  Moines,  Iowa, 

May  24,  1921. 
Mr.  Charles  Dana  Burrage, 
85  Ames  Building, 
Boston,  Mass. 
Dear  Mr.  Burrage : — 

Please  accept  and  convey  to  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of 
America  and  the  Rosemary  Press  my  thanks  for  the  beautiful  vol- 
ume kindly  sent  our  State  Library,  entitled  ^'Twenty  Years  of  the 
Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America. ' ' 

Its  interesting  reading  matter,  combined  with  the  perfect 
printing  and  exquisite  binding,  fill  me  with  delight.  I  took  it 
home  with  me  last  evening,  and  under  its  inspiration  wrote  a 
quatrain,  a  copy  of  which  I  enclose.  I  am  sending  a  copy  to  the 
Atlantic.  Though  it  may  not  be  up  to  grade  as  to  poetry,  I  am 
sure  you  will  appreciate  the  spirit  which  prompted  it. 
Yours  very  truly, 

(signed)  JOHNSON  BRIGHAM, 

State  Librarian. 


FACING  THE  EAST 


On  Re-reading  "The  Rose  Garden  of  Omar  Khayyam" 
Though  far  removed  in  spirit,  time  and  space 
From  the  Rose  Garden  of  my  early  dreams. 
The  westering  wind  of  summer  evening  seems 
To  press  the  scent  of  roses  'gainst  my  face. 

JOHNSON  BRIGHAM. 


9Z 


To  the  Editor, 

Twenty  Years  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America : 

You  ask  the  reader  not  to  criticize 

The  Book  you  only  meant  for  friendly  eyes. 

Ingrate,  indeed,  must  be  the  one  who'd  brook 

Aught  but  the  kindliest  words  upon  your  Book ! 

But  may  not  criticism  be  in  friendly  view? 

And  serve  to  call  j'^our  inspiration  forth  again? 

Wise  Omar  said  it  well  for  all  to  read — 

'Tis  Fellowship  that  lets  our  Life  proceed. 

Your  happy  Book  now  adds  another  link 

To  his  strong  chain  of  evidence,  I  think. 

And  since  'tis  Friendship  makes  our  life  worth 

while. 
The  chronicle  of  Friendship's  tear,  or  smile, 
For  future  man  to  keep  and  read  again, 
Is  worthy  subject  for  your  worthy  pen. 
'Tis  plain  you  generous  are,  as  well  as  wise. 
And  know  the  objects  that  all  men  most  prize 
Are  those  in  which  themselves  with  toil  have 

wrought 
The  precious  product  of  their  own  hard  thought, 
So  you  have  kept  a  store  of  pages  white. 
Whereon  each  one  of  us  may  paste,  or  write, — 
Mayhap  of  interest  to  himself  alone — 
The  things  that  really  make  the  Book  his  own, 
So  now,  though  I  have  dared  to  criticize 
You  see  'tis  but  the  view  of  friendly  eyes. 

CHARLES  HEYWOOD  STRATTON. 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  27,  1921. 


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.     When,  on  that  Summer  day  at  Twin  Oaks,  you 
First  brought  th '  immortal  Omar  to  my  view 
I  gave  the  deathless  quatrains  scarce  a  thought — 
Ah,  'twas  but  very  little  then  I  knew ! 

But  as,  from  time  to  time,  I  read  them  o  'er 
Their  beauty  grew  upon  me  more  and  more. 
And  now  I  hope  that  I  may  be  enrolled 
With  the  Elect  who've  entered  in  the  Door. 

'Tis  pleasant,  then,  to  place  upon  the  Shelf 
With  all  my  Omars,  prized  above  mere  pelf. 
This  handsome  Book  of  those  who  love  the  Poet; 
Which  shows  so  much  also  of  your  own  Self. 

GEORGE  C.  STRATTON. 
Wsahington,  D.  C,  May  22,  1921. 


IS 


A  TOAST  TO  THE  DEAD 


April  2,  1921 

To  our  members  who  have  passed  beyond  the  veil  that  hides 
the  Infinite,  and  solved  the  last  great  mystery  of  Life. 


Edward  H.  Clement 

Gracious  man  of  letters,  ready  writer,  for  many  years  Editor 
of  the  Transcript,  a  genial  companion,  lover  of  good  books,  a  keen 
appreciator  of  the  genius  of  Edward  FitzGerald. 


Edward  Livingston  Davis 

A   representative   citizen    of   "Worcester,   ardently   and   sym- 
pathetically interested  in  literature  and  the  Fine  Arts. 


Richard  Henry  Winslow  Dwight 

A  patriotic  American,  and  a  profound  student  of  history. 


Frank  Palmer  Goulding 

Charter  member  of  this  Club,  great  lawyer,  a  leader  at  the 
Worcester  and  Massachusetts  Bars,  a  most  generous  and  knightly 
gentleman,  a  devoted  friend  to  the  poor  and  oppressed,  brilliant 
orator  and  advocate,  a  delightful  and  polished  writer,  untimely 
taken  from  us,  mourned  without  ceasing. 


Edward  Palmer  Hatch 

Clean-souled,  brave  and  loyal,  a  friend  to  all,  generous,  lov- 
ing, greatly  loved,  one  of  Nature's  noblemen. 


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Col.  Thomas  Went  worth  Higginson 

An  heroic  National  figure,  commander  of  a  colored  regiment  in 
the  Civil  War,  an  eloquent  and  persuasive  Unitarian  Minister, 
and  apostle  of  liberty,  a  famous  essay  writer  and  nature  lover, 
student,  scholar  and  powerful  moral  preacher,  friend  and  co-equal 
of  FitzGerald,  Norton,  Holmes,  Longfellow,  Lowell,  Thoreau,  San- 
bom,  Whittier,  Dana,  Margaret  Fuller,  one  of  the  pillars  of  our 
Club  whose  meetings  he  never  missed. 


John  E.  Hudson 

Genial,  book  loving,  well  read,  a  Prince  among  business  men,  a 
great  corporation  lawyer-manager. 


Andrew  Lang 

Non-resident  member  of  London,  famous  English  poet,  author 
and  critic,  admirer  of  Omar,  friend  of  FitzGerald,  known  to  and 
loved  by  all  the  world. 


Charles  F.  Lihhy 

Great  lawyer,  leader  of  the  Maine  Bar,  President  of  the  Amer- 
ican Bar  Association,  lover  of  books,  a  faithful  attendant  on  our 
meetings  for  many  years,  a  tried  and  true  friend. 


Arthur  Macy 

Charter  member,  loved  and  loving,  a  rare  and  radiant  soul,  a 
wise  and  faithful  follower  of  old  Omar,  a  graceful  poet  and  bril- 
liant author. 


Charles  Hardy  Meigs 

Non-resident  member  of  Columbus,   Ohio,  who  with  infinite 
skill  and  pains  produced  the  Miniature  Omar  now  so  treasured. 


J.  Bussel  Marble 

Merchant  Prince,  high  minded  citizen,  a  practical  and  gener- 
ous man  of  affairs. 


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Prof.  M.  H.  Morgan  of  Harvard 

Keen,  incisive,  with  a  great  passion  for  learning,  most  com- 
panionable of  men,  a  lover  of  Omar. 


Bernard  Alfred  Quarifch 

Non-resident  member  of  London,  whom  we  of  this  Club  de- 
lighted always  to  meet  as  man,  bon  vivant  and  scholar,  a  brave  and 
loyal  friend,  world  figure  in  the  book  marts  and  exchanges,  a  great 
book  genius,  a  worthy  son  of  a  great  father,  who  was  FitzGerald's 
publisher  and  friend. 


William  P.  Russell 

A  quiet  old-fashioned  English  gentleman,  who  easily  won  our 
hearts,  a  man  of  the  world,  versed  in  the  ancient  and  mystic  lore  of 
Clubs  and  in  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  Orient,  a  valued 
member. 


Prof.  11.  Morse  Stephens 

Of  the  University  of  California,  a  great  teacher  and  author, 
loved  as  few  teachers  are,  a  power  for  good  on  the  Western  shore. 


Ross  Turner 

Charter  member,  Vice-President  of  this  Club  for  fifteen  years, 
great  painter  and  artist,  ardent  and  enthusiastic  flower  and  book 
lover,  gentle,  refined  and  true,  whose  illuminated  Omar  ranks  as 
among  the  most  beautiful  of  all. 


In  enduring  memory  of  these  friends  and  comrades  we  an- 
nually, with  humble  and  contrite  hearts,  in  solemn  appreciation  of 
the  glorious  beauties  of  their  lives,  speak  the  seven  hundred-year- 
old  lament  of  Omar  in  FitzGerald's  magnificent  rendering, 
"For  some  we  loved,  the  loveliest  and  the  best 
That  from  his  Vintage  rolling  Time  hath  prest, 
Have  drunk  their  Cup  a  Round  or  two  before, 
And  one  by  one  crept  silently  to  rest." 

CHARLES  DANA  BURRAGE. 


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(1921). 

Rubaiyat  of  Omar  Khayyam. 

Dedicated  to  the  delegates  from  the  Societe  Asiatique,  Royal 
Asiatic  Society,  Societa  Asiatica,  and  American  Oriental  So- 
ciety, in  joint  meeting  with  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences,  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  5th,  1921. 
Twenty  copies,  bound  in  full  blue  morocco,  hand-tooled  in 
gold,  with  inlays  of  red  and  green  morocco,  with  jade  jewel  in- 
set, put  in  case.  For  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America. 
Miniature  edition. 

ROSEMARY  PRESS  BROCHURES,  1921 
In  editions  of  100  copies  each. 

An  Oddity. 

A  curious  diploma  given  by  "Fraternity  of  O  D  D  Fellows" 
at  Worcester,  1828.  For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile 
Club. 


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Anacreon  and  Omar  Khayyam. 

By  Henry  Harmon  Chamberlin. 

Read   before   the    Omar   Khayyam    Club    of   America,   1921. 

For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of 

America. 

What  is  an  American? 

By  Charles  Dana  Burrage. 

Read  before   the    Omar  Khayyam    Club   of   America,    1920. 

For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of 

America. 

The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.    An  Appreciation. 

Memorial  Day  Address  delivered  by  Charles  Dana  Burrage, 
at  Needham,  Mass.,  May  30,  1909.  For  the  use  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Chile  Club. 

The  Chile  Club. 

For  its  members. 

Some  Doings  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of  America. 

Also  a  Toast  to  the  Dead,  and  Book  Notices. 

For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Omar  Khayyam  Club  of 

America. 

Masonic  Anecdotes  from  old  records. 

(Edition  1000.) 

Dedicated  to  Edwin  Sanford  Crandon  and  to  the  memory  of 
Edward  Palmer  Hatch.  For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the 
Capitular  Rite  in  Massachusetts. 

A  Few  Minutes  with  the  Wild  Flowers  of  Gardner. 
By  Charles  Dana  Burrage. 

Read  before  the  Edward  Everett  Hale  Club  of  Gardner,  Mass., 
1897.  Reprinted  from  the  Gardner  News,  issue  of  May  23, 
1921.     For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 

In  the  Sunshine  at  Havana. 
By  Charles  Dana  Burrage. 
For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 


The  Economic  Future — During*  the  Continuance  of  the  War — and 
After  Its  Termination. 
A  prize  essay  written  for  "Commerce  and  Finance,"  Dec.  6. 
1916,  by  Charles  Dana  Burrage. 

Reprinted  in  Needham  Chronicle.     For  the  use  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Chile  Club. 

Stories  for  Martha  Elizabeth. 
(Edition  200.) 
By  Charles  Dana  Burrage. 

1.  A  Reminiscence  of  Hon.  John  D.  Long. 

2.  A  Story  of  a  Revolution. 

3.  The  Princess  in  the  Garden. 

4.  Bear  Stories. 

1.  The  Polar  Bear  Story. 

2.  The  Grizzly  Bear  Story. 

3.  The  Black  Bear  Story. 

5.  The  Havana  Doll. 

6.  The  Dryad. 

7.  The  Rose  and  Violet. 

For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 

Poems  by  A  True  Poet,  T.  W.  Parsons. 

With  introduction  by  Joseph   Edgar   Chamberlin.     For   the 
use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 

fold  Plymouth  Days  and  Ways.    Eighteenth  Century  Celebrations 
of  the  Landing  of  the  Pilgrims. 

By   Edwin   Sanford   Crandon.     (Past   Vice-President  of  the 
National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution) 
(Past  President  of  the  Massachusetts  Society.) 
[Red  Men  in  the  Massachusetts  Colonies. 

By  Charles  Dana  Burrage.  (Attorney-General  of  the  Nation- 
al Society  of  the  Order  of  the  Founders  and  Patriots  of  Amer- 
ica.) (Past  President  of  the  Massachusetts  Society.) 
Addresses  delivered  September  12th,  1921,  before  the  Attle- 
boro  Community  Fellowship.  For  the  use  of  the  members  of 
the  Chile  Club. 


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A  Vifit  to  Mt.  Cardigan. 

By  Joseph  Edgar  Chamberlin. 

For  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 

(Edition  200.) 

Stories  for  Peggy. 

By  Charles  Dana  Burrage. 

1.  The  Little  Bowl. 

2.  Yount's  Famous  Dream. 

3.  Pirates. 

4.  Chile  Stories. 

For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 

Village  Band  in  Puppy-rel. 

By  Nathan  Haskell  Dole. 

For  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Chile  Club. 


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